War Dragnet Nets Drugs

December 21, 2001

The war on terrorism has captured more than terrorists. An increase in security along US borders after Sept. 11 has paid off big-time in the war on drugs.

Drugs seized at all points of entry are up a whopping 66 percent from a year ago.

The Coast Guard, for example, had to divert its antidrug boat and plane patrols to port security but, in a creative adjustment, it also put personnel on Navy ships farther out at sea. The result: two big seizures of drugs.